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The SLDR driver was released in mid-2013, and two things made it different than recent TaylorMade drivers. The first was a sliding weight in the sole that gave the SLDR (commonly referred to as “The Slider”) either a draw or a fade bias. The second was the club’s center of gravity (CG) position, which was more forward than other TaylorMade cheap golf clubs. According to the company, shifting the CG down and forward created less spin and increased ball speed.
While the TaylorMade SLDR Fairway Wood that will arrive in stores Nov. 15 do not feature the sliding weight found in the driver, TaylorMade has designed the CG position in all of them to be more forward to reduce spin. TaylorMade also gave the clubs an updated version of the channel found in the company’s RocketBallz and RocketBallz Stage 2 fairway woods.
“The secret of the new SLDR fairway woods is the position of the CG and the new SpeedPocket,” said Tom Kroll, TaylorMade Golf's product evangelist. “That combination is going to give you the high-launch, low-spin ball flight and give you a really strong-performing fairway wood.”
“When you talk about flexing, the face does not have any resistance and it can flex freely now, whereas before, it was really a channel,” Kroll said. “The updated SpeedPocket has been able to increase speed and increase consistency across the entire face.” Many players who switched to the Taylormade SLDR driver found they needed to add loft because the club’s forward CG position created a lower ball flight, but Kroll says the SpeedPocket’s flex offsets that effect in the fairway woods; they actually send the ball a little higher.
Still, Kroll encourages golfers to try several models and consider a higher-lofted model. “We’re finding that 17-degree fairway woods are ideal for a larger group of people than actually play them today,” Kroll said. “Where 15 degrees had been the norm, it’s migrating to higher lofts.” Thanks to an adjustable sleeve, golfers can fine-tune the loft of their SLDR fairway woods, adding or reducing up to 1.5 degrees of loft with the included torque wrench. Source from: http://www.golfsetau.com/article-444-Do-You-Know-the-Secret-of-the-new-SLDR-fairway-wood.html
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